Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS): A new zoonotic viral pneumonia

Virulence

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 650-654

  Cunha, Cheston B ^a,b   Opal, Steven M ^b,c  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; Emerging pathogens; MERS; Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHILL; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEVER; HAND WASHING; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MASK; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; ASIA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; MIDDLE EAST; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; ASIA; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84906567651     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.32077     Document Type: Review

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